A survey of adherence to community-generated safety guidelines in rotor-wing air medical programs

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 100-103

  Frakes, Michael A ^a,b   Kelly, John G ^a,c  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston MedFlight   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SAMPLE SIZE; WORK;

AIR AMBULANCES; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; MASSACHUSETTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33847392535     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2006.06.039     Document Type: Article

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